Koi Pond
30” x 40” canvas
Acrylic paint with Floetrol, spray paint
During the “shelter in place” of 2020, I, along with so many others, spent way too much time on social media. Some of the more popular video clips that were circulating at the time were videos of home artists creating pendulum paintings. I was intrigued - so I bought some string, some plastic tarp, some SOLO cups and some paint additive and turned my garage temporarily into a messy pendulum painting arena.
The first pendulum pieces I did were ok but lacked much creativity or depth. This was the first piece where I decided to mix various creative forms to add depth. I started by spray painting the canvas with three different shades of grey paint and also added white paint. I then splattered paint with a large brush Pollock-style before setting up the pendulum and adding it as the final element to the piece.
I entitled this piece “Koi Pond” because it reminds of looking up at the sky from the bottom of a koi pond; the pendulum element represent reeds and shadows, and the splatters look like the koi fish. My favorite element of the painting are the white spots in the background, which look to me like the sun shining through the water to add natural highlights to the pond view.
30” x 40” canvas
Acrylic paint with Floetrol, spray paint
During the “shelter in place” of 2020, I, along with so many others, spent way too much time on social media. Some of the more popular video clips that were circulating at the time were videos of home artists creating pendulum paintings. I was intrigued - so I bought some string, some plastic tarp, some SOLO cups and some paint additive and turned my garage temporarily into a messy pendulum painting arena.
The first pendulum pieces I did were ok but lacked much creativity or depth. This was the first piece where I decided to mix various creative forms to add depth. I started by spray painting the canvas with three different shades of grey paint and also added white paint. I then splattered paint with a large brush Pollock-style before setting up the pendulum and adding it as the final element to the piece.
I entitled this piece “Koi Pond” because it reminds of looking up at the sky from the bottom of a koi pond; the pendulum element represent reeds and shadows, and the splatters look like the koi fish. My favorite element of the painting are the white spots in the background, which look to me like the sun shining through the water to add natural highlights to the pond view.
30” x 40” canvas
Acrylic paint with Floetrol, spray paint
During the “shelter in place” of 2020, I, along with so many others, spent way too much time on social media. Some of the more popular video clips that were circulating at the time were videos of home artists creating pendulum paintings. I was intrigued - so I bought some string, some plastic tarp, some SOLO cups and some paint additive and turned my garage temporarily into a messy pendulum painting arena.
The first pendulum pieces I did were ok but lacked much creativity or depth. This was the first piece where I decided to mix various creative forms to add depth. I started by spray painting the canvas with three different shades of grey paint and also added white paint. I then splattered paint with a large brush Pollock-style before setting up the pendulum and adding it as the final element to the piece.
I entitled this piece “Koi Pond” because it reminds of looking up at the sky from the bottom of a koi pond; the pendulum element represent reeds and shadows, and the splatters look like the koi fish. My favorite element of the painting are the white spots in the background, which look to me like the sun shining through the water to add natural highlights to the pond view.